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HINDU BELIEFS

HINDU BELIEFS. BELIEFS. Dharma: - The ultimate moral balance of all things - Each person is responsible for balancing his or her dharma Karma: - If disturb balance, will experience karma: experience the effects of his or her actions. BELIEFS. Samsara:

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HINDU BELIEFS

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  1. HINDU BELIEFS

  2. BELIEFS Dharma: - The ultimate moral balance of all things - Each person is responsible for balancing his or her dharma Karma: - If disturb balance, will experience karma: experience the effects of his or her actions

  3. BELIEFS Samsara: - Can experience redemption through samsara: reincarnation - Karmic balance: meet people in multiple lives Moksha: - Live with religious devotion and moral integrity -Release from samsara to unite with Brahma

  4. MANDIR • Hindu temple: place of worship • Dedicated to one or many Hindu deities • Japa - Individual silent or soft repetition of mantras. • Bhajan - Singing of religious songs usually accompanied by instruments. • Kirtan - Congregational singing and chanting of holy mantras accompanied by instruments and simple dance. • Arotik – Certain pleasing sacrifices are offered to the God

  5. Delhi: Largest Hindu Temple Complex

  6. London

  7. Krishna Temple, Utah

  8. PUJAS (Prayers, Songs, Rituals) • Create shrines in temples, in the home, and in outdoor public spaces. • Priests perform puja at sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight. • Visiting a temple every day or even regularly is not mandatory so many worship at home.

  9. FAMILY SHRINE • A photograph of god/gods, flowers, fruits, incense, perfume, a bell, an oil lamp, scripture

  10. HOLIDAYS: DIVALI (A Row of Lights) • Hindu New Year (October or November) • Decorate streets and doorways with small clay lamps in anticipation of the coming of Lakshmi (prosperity and good fortune) • Lasts for five days • Clean homes, decorate floors with floor paintings made of rice flour • Wears finest clothes & offers gifts to neighbors

  11. CHAITRA (HOLI) • Spring festival (March or April) celebrating coming of Krishna • Bonfires lit in the evening to empower the sun as it moves to longer and warmer spring hours • Sing and dance all night and extinguish fire with water at dawn • Water colored with dyes are thrown at each other, eat holiday foods and sweets • Lasts for 3 days

  12. SYMBOLS: AUM • Means yes or will be • Said in the beginning of mantras or Hindu texts and at the end of reading the Vedas

  13. SRI YANTRA • 9 interlocking triangles (4 upward: masculine and 5 downward: feminine) meet at a point representing the interlocking of the two and representing all creation

  14. THE SWASTIKA • Good fortune, luck, well-being

  15. THE LOTUS • Represents beauty

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